#0110 Canby's Cross - 1873
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#0110 Canby's Cross - 1873
Site information:
In Lava Beds National Monument, about 0.5 mi E of park's N entrance, 8.3 mi S of Tule Lake41.818551,-121.543639
Plaque information:
State plaquesTwo plaques exist for this site, on Hwy 139 just north and south of Hwy 120, which leads to the site.
41.879677,-121.365778
41.878222,-121.362991
Plaque text:
Canby's CrossGeneral E. R. S. Canby was murdered here in April, 1873, while holding a peace parley under a flag of truce with Captain Jack and Indian chiefs. Rev. Eleazer Thomas, peace commissioner, was likewise treacherously slain.
Department of Public Works - Division of Highways
Registered 3/29/1933